In this week’s show
Susanne Nielsen visits Tampa’s International Mall, stopping by as usual at the
beautiful store and Jewelry studio of King Jewelry Design. Master Goldsmith
Gabriel Can welcomed Susanne not only as client but good friend of many years
and fellow artist. Hear what the Berlin trained master of his fine craft has to
say about creating fine jewelry.

The Oktoberfest in Cape Coral is the biggest
German-American Oktoberfest in Florida!

Miss Oktoberfest 2012 invites you to the German
American Social Club of Cape Coral’s annual Oktoberfest! Bigger and more fun,
with live Bands, German Gemuetlichkeit and plenty of food and beer!

October 19,20,21 and 28,29, 30th on the
grounds of the German American Social Club of Cape Coral on Pine Island
Roadin Cape Coral. "Kommt
vorbei" says die junge Miss Oktoberfest, Brook Callahan, “ab dem 19. Oktober beginnt die Gaudi! “

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Feiern Sie jedes Wochenende in der German American Society Pinellas:

Eat , drink, dance and "schunkel"! Every Saturday night the German American Society rolls back the clock to a by-gone era. You'll delight to the music of a live band. Listen , sing along, and dance to favorite German and American tunes of the last century.

Doors open at 6 pm for dinner, snacks or just coffee and Kuchen. Dancing starts at 7:30 pm. There's a plentyful supply of German Beers, Wines and Schnaps at the full service bar.Join the fun with great music, German food and drink at an authentic German Dance hall. Come for German heritage, memories, Gemuetlichkeit and friendship.Dirndls and Lederhosen are always encouraged.Located at 8098 66th street in Pinellas Park, north of Park Boulevard and just South of 82nd Avenue. For information google German American Society of Pinellas County.
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Maestro Lehninger directs the Florida orchestra this weekend in a Sibelius/Rachmaninoff concert. He spoke in English with Susanne Nielsen.

Though he has a German father and a brazilian mother, Portugues and English are the maestro's main languages, living in Boston with his family. Please listen to the interview in the audio section of our show.

Find his Biography below and enjoy the concerts in the Tampa bay area this week!

Brazilian-born Marcelo Lehninger is increasingly recognized
as one of the most gifted conductors of his generation. Appointed Music
Director of the New West Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles, his growing
reputation as a dynamic conductor inspires musicians and audiences of all ages
worldwide.

Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mr.
Lehninger was selected by James Levine and is the second Brazilian conductor to
hold this position; the first was Eleazar de Carvalho, who shared the duties
with Leonard Bernstein. His success with the BSO was recognized when his tenure
was extended through 2013.

Mr. Lehninger made his BSO debut in 2010 with the violinist
Pinchas Zukerman as soloist and in 2011 he stepped in for Maestro Levine on
very short notice to conduct the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's Violin
Concerto and Bartok’s 2nd Violin Concerto with Christian Testzlaff as soloist.
In 2012, Mr. Lehninger filled in for Andris Nelsons, conducting a program that
included the American premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Trumpet Concerto “From
the Wreckage” with Håkan Hardenberger as soloist as well as Strauss’ “Thus
Spake Zarathustra”. He also successfully conducted a program, without any
rehearsals, that included Stravinsky’s Piano and Winds Concerto with Peter Serkin
and Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony.

Mr. Lehninger’s made a highly praised debut at Carnegie Hall
with the BSO in 2011. Critic Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times:
"He was terrific, conducting all three works with impressive technique,
musical insight and youthful energy". Maestro Lehninger's other BSO
appearances include his Tanglewood debut in the summer of 2012 with pianist
Nelson Freire and a subscription week in the 2012/13 season with violinist
Joshua Bell.

As a guest conductor in the United States, he has led the
Boston, Houston, National, New West, Hartford, Fairfax and Jacksonville
symphony orchestras. In Canada, Mr. Lehninger made his debut in 2011 conducting
the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.

Acclaimed by the Washington Post as "an alert, dynamic
figure", he served as cover conductor for the National Symphony
Orchestra's subscription concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and
associate conductor of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra in Brazil.

An alumnus of the National Conducting Institute, he made a
successful debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in 2007 at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC and was invited to conduct the NSO again in the summer
of 2008.

Mr. Lehninger was music advisor of the Youth Orchestra of
the Americas for the 2007-08 season. Placido Domingo serves as artistic advisor
for the ensemble, which is composed of 120 talented musicians from more than
twenty countries throughout the Americas. In summer of 2008, Maestro Lehninger
toured with YOA and pianist Nelson Freire in South America.

In 2001 he placed second in the First Eleazar de Carvalho
National Conducting Competition in Rio de Janeiro, subsequently leading all of
the top orchestras in Brazil as well as regular guest conducting in Argentina.

Chosen by Kurt Masur, in 2008, Mr. Lehninger was awarded the
First Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Scholarship sponsored by the American Friends
of the Mendelssohn Foundation. He was Maestro Masur’s assistant with the
Orchestre National de France (during their residency at the Musikverein in
Vienna), Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig and the New York Philharmonic.

Maestro Lehninger participated in the 2009 Malko Competition
in Denmark, leading the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra at Copenhagen's
Koncerthuset and in the 2011 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview,
conducting the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Upcoming appearances include re-engagements with the Boston,
New West, Brazilian and São Paulo Symphony orchestras, Minas Gerais and
Hamilton Philharmonic orchestras as well as his debut with the Florida, New
Jersey and Seattle Symphonies in the United States, and the Deutsches Symphonie
Orchester at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany.

Before dedicating his career to conducting, Mr. Lehninger
studied violin and piano. He holds a Master's degree from the Conductors
Institute at New York's Bard College, where he studied conducting under Harold
Farberman and composition with Laurence Wallach. His mentors also include Kurt
Masur, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop, Moche Atzmon, Andreás Weiss and Roberto
Tibiriçá.

Citizen of Brazil and Germany, Marcelo Goulart Lehninger is
the son of pianist Sônia Goulart and violinist Erich Lehninger. Marcelo, his
wife Laura and daughter Sofia divide their time between Boston and Los Angeles.

The equipment is as simple as it gets: eight chairs and a pedestal. But in this act, the artist uses them to create a 23-foot tower on which to perform a balancing act that displays the human body at the very peak of condition and muscular control.

For the first time in 7 years Cirque du Soleil returns to St. PetersburgWith a big top productionKOOZA Opens November 8, 2012 for a limited engagement Under the white Big Top at Tropicana Field St Petersburg, FL – Aug. 31, 2012- Cirque du Soleil is thrilled to return to St Petersburg with its big top production, KOOZA. The critically-acclaimed show opens Thursday, November 8 for a limited engagement under the white Big Top at Tropicana Field.Since its premiere in April of 2007, KOOZA has charmed close to 4 million spectators in North America and Japan. KOOZA will be the 4th big top production to visit the area since 2002.Tickets are available online at cirquedusoleil.com/kooza. About KOOZAWritten and directed by David Shiner, KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.The name KOOZA is inspired by the Sanskrit word “koza,” which means“box,” “chest” or “treasure,” and was chosen because one of the underlying concepts of the production is the idea of a “circus in a box.”“KOOZA is about human connection and the world of duality, good and bad,”Shiner said. “The tone is fun and funny, light and open. The show doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it’s very much about ideas, too. As it evolves we are exploring concepts such as fear, identity, recognition and power.”The show starts with The Trickster bursting onto the scene like a jack-in-a-box right in front of The Innocent, and that is just the first of many surprises to follow. The Innocent’s journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Heimloss, the Pickpocket, the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world.

Hailed as a “prodigious and aristocratic violinist” by The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Concertmaster Jeffrey Multer performs Sibelius’ breathtakingly beautiful Violin Concerto, paired with Rachmaninoff’s lush and lyrical Symphony No. 2. Guest Conductor is Marcelo Lehninger. Includes a pre-concert talk about the music and the composers, in the concert hall beginning one hour prior to curtain.

Performing nearly 100 concerts annually in the tri-city area of Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, The Florida Orchestra is recognized as Tampa Bay's leading performing arts institution, one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in Florida, and one of the most vibrant orchestras in the United States. With live performances including the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks, Raymond James Pops, Coffee Concerts, Progress Energy Florida Morning Masterworks, and new Rock series, as well as Youth Concerts and Free Pops in the Park Concerts, The Florida Orchestra offers a vast scope of concerts each year. The mission of The Florida Orchestra is to enrich the life of the Tampa Bay area as it inspires, entertains and educates a wide and diverse audience with the unique experience of live symphonic music, ensuring that future generations will continue to enjoy this legacy that so magnificently celebrates the human spirit.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

In this week's show Susanne Nielsen interviews Eleni Calenos, Greek Soprano who sings the role of Gilda in the Sarasota Opera's season opening, Verdi's Opera Rigoletto. Ms. Calenos has just performed Die Fledermaus, and recites some of her beautifully learned lines in German, though she does not speak the language. Our interview with her will be in English.
Please hear it in the audio section of this show.
Asecond segment of the show takes us to Miami , Florida, where Susanne Nielsen attended the october 3ed reception in honor of the German national Holiday. Listen to the speech by Consul general Countess Kendeffy in honor of the Day of Reunification.

German American Society of Pinellas invites YOU to their weekly dances!

Eat , drink, dance and
"schunkel"! Every Saturday night the German American Society rolls
back the clock to a by-gone era. You'll delight to the music of a live band.
Listen , sing along, and dance to favorite German and American tunes of the
last century.

Doors open at 6 pm for
dinner, snacks or just coffee and Kuchen. Dancing starts at 7:30 pm. There's a
plentyful supply of German Beers, Wines and Schnaps at the full service bar.Join the fun with great
music, German food and drink at an authentic German Dance hall. Come for German
heritage, memories, Gemuetlichkeit and friendship.Dirndls and Lederhosen
are always encouraged.Located at 8098 66th
street in Pinellas Park, north of Park Boulevard and just South of 82nd Avenue.
For information google German American Society of Pinellas County. For details visit http://www.germantampa.com/or call Bob at 727-238-8201

It's Oktoberfest Time in Oldsmar as the 17th Annual Top o’ the Bay Oktoberfest is again at its spacious location with ample free parking at Tampa Bay Downs!!!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 19,20,21st.2011

they'll be "rolling out the Barrel " - and the Bratwurst …for

three great days of authentic German food, drink, music and fun.!!!

Enjoy great Bavarian music by Oktoberfest Express Friday and Saturday , and Alex Meixner Band Satuday and Sunday,

authentic German Folk dancing by the Deltona and Enzianer Schuhplattlers .

Mouthwatering Bratwurst , Knackwurst, and Hofbräuhaus chicken and plenty of ice-cold Warsteiner fresh from the barrel!!!

Take part in the Stein-holding and log-sawing contests, dance the

chicken dance, all under the Oktoberfest Bigtop!!

Be sure to check out the keg toss and the barrel races, too!

Take Tampa Road, Hillsborough Avenue or State Road 580 to the intersection of

Racetrack Road, turn north and follow the signs to the park. You’ll have plenty of parking and see the rides and the huge white Oktoberfest tent. For more information Call 813-855-4233 and visit http://www.oktoberfesttampabay.com/for a discount! We’ll see you at Oktoberfest, October 19, 20, 21st at the Top o’ the Bay Oktoberfest at Tampa Bay Downs!

In her young career, Greek soprano Eleni Calenos is capturing critics and
audiences' admiration for the clarity, warmth and beauty of her lyric voice, and
her dignified characterizations. Of her 2008 role debut as Cio-Cio-San in
Madama Butterfly, the Houston Press said,
"The phenomenon was the Cio-Cio-San of Greek soprano Eleni Calenos, whose
nuanced characterization was a true wonder to hear. She sailed through her
dramatic arias as if buoyed by the stirring music." Additional
engagements from the past few seasons include Hanna Glawari in Die
lustige Witwe (Zomeropera Alden Biesen, Belgium), Cio-Cio-San in
Madama Butterfly (Shreveport Opera, Mississippi Opera
& Opera Idaho), Mimi in La Bohème (Opera Idaho),
Donna Elvira in Don Giovanniand Valencienne
inTheMerry Widow (Utah
Festival Opera), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni
(Shreveport Opera), Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte
(Barbados Music Festival), Giorgetta in Puccini's Il Tabarro
(Harrisburg Opera Association), Liù in Turandot(Boston Concert Opera and Chorus Pro Musica), Countess in
Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera in the Heights in Houston,
OSH Opera in NY, and a cover at the 2010 Glimmerglass Festival as a member of
the Young American Artists Program), Medora in Verdi's Il
Corsaro (Hellenic Music Foundation, NY), as well as Donna Elvira
in Don Giovanni (Martina Arroyo Foundation). Of her
performance, The New York Times said, "Eleni Calenos sang with a
strong, clear soprano and was persuasive as a suffering yet haughty Donna
Elvira." Other performed roles in her repertoire include Pamina in
Die Zauberflöte, and the title role of
Suor Angelica.Upcoming engagements
include Gilda in Rigoletto with Sarasota Opera, and
the soprano solo in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with the Queens College Choral
Society in NY. Next season she will be performing Countess Almaviva in
Le Nozze di Figaro with Austin Lyric Opera, and Nedda
in I Pagliacci with Shreveport Opera. (Please listen to the Interview in the audiosection of our show)We would like to thank Ms. Calenos for the interview and invite our listeners and readers to attend the wonderful season of the Sarasota Opera. _________________________________________________________Sarasota Opera Season 2012

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DAY OF GERMAN UNITY

Glenn, Susanne Nielsen with Artist Herbert Hofer

Our second part of the show brings you the speech in honor of the German National Holiday: Day of reunification ( Tag der deutschen Einheit) by German Consul General Eva Countess Kendeffy at the reception given by the German Consulate General on october 3rd in Miami, Florida.

For fabulous one of a kind
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in the International Plaza next to Nordstrom’s. Call 813-354-5588._______________________________________________________________

The equipment is as simple as it gets: eight chairs and a pedestal. But in this act, the artist uses them to create a 23-foot tower on which to perform a balancing act that displays the human body at the very peak of condition and muscular control.

For the first time in 7 years Cirque du Soleil returns to St. PetersburgWith a big top productionKOOZA Opens November 8, 2012 for a limited engagement Under the white Big Top at Tropicana Field St Petersburg, FL – Aug. 31, 2012- Cirque du Soleil is thrilled to return to St Petersburg with its big top production, KOOZA. The critically-acclaimed show opens Thursday, November 8 for a limited engagement under the white Big Top at Tropicana Field.Since its premiere in April of 2007, KOOZA has charmed close to 4 million spectators in North America and Japan. KOOZA will be the 4th big top production to visit the area since 2002.Tickets are available online at cirquedusoleil.com/kooza. About KOOZAWritten and directed by David Shiner, KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.The name KOOZA is inspired by the Sanskrit word “koza,” which means“box,” “chest” or “treasure,” and was chosen because one of the underlying concepts of the production is the idea of a “circus in a box.”“KOOZA is about human connection and the world of duality, good and bad,”Shiner said. “The tone is fun and funny, light and open. The show doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it’s very much about ideas, too. As it evolves we are exploring concepts such as fear, identity, recognition and power.”The show starts with The Trickster bursting onto the scene like a jack-in-a-box right in front of The Innocent, and that is just the first of many surprises to follow. The Innocent’s journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Heimloss, the Pickpocket, the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – When The Florida Orchestra opens its 2012/2013 season in October, it will include concerts featuring Beethoven and Simon and Garfunkel, as well as two free park concerts.

October 20 and 21: Free Pops in the Park Concerts

Enjoy a picnic under the stars at a free Pops in the Park Concert with guest conductor Stuart Chafetz and The Florida Orchestra in a varied program with music by John Williams and John Phillip Sousa; selections from The Music Man, A Chorus Line and Mission Impossible; hits by Duke Ellington and a musical salute to the 1950s…all with the evening ending in Tchaikovsky’s explosive 1812 Overture. Guests are invited to bring canned food donations for Tampa Bay Harvest's food bank services in the Tampa Bay area. The Vinoy Park concert will have a pre-concert performance from 5:45pm to 6:30pm by two finalists from VSA Florida Young Soloists Competition, who will be representing the State of Florida in the national competition in Washington, DC later this year. VSA Florida provides people with disabilities the opportunity to learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.

Hailed as a “prodigious and aristocratic violinist” by The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Concertmaster Jeffrey Multer performs Sibelius’ breathtakingly beautiful Violin Concerto, paired with Rachmaninoff’s lush and lyrical Symphony No. 2. Guest Conductor is Marcelo Lehninger. Includes a pre-concert talk about the music and the composers, in the concert hall beginning one hour prior to curtain.

Performing nearly 100 concerts annually in the tri-city area of Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, The Florida Orchestra is recognized as Tampa Bay's leading performing arts institution, one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in Florida, and one of the most vibrant orchestras in the United States. With live performances including the Tampa Bay Times Masterworks, Raymond James Pops, Coffee Concerts, Progress Energy Florida Morning Masterworks, and new Rock series, as well as Youth Concerts and Free Pops in the Park Concerts, The Florida Orchestra offers a vast scope of concerts each year. The mission of The Florida Orchestra is to enrich the life of the Tampa Bay area as it inspires, entertains and educates a wide and diverse audience with the unique experience of live symphonic music, ensuring that future generations will continue to enjoy this legacy that so magnificently celebrates the human spirit.